Hingis returns to doubles in style
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Martina Hingis won in her return to the WTA Tour, teaming with Daniela Hantuchova for a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Julia Goerges and Darija Jurak on Wednesday in the Southern California Open.
Hingis, the 32-year-old former top-ranked singles player whose last tour match was in September 2007, consistently showed the deft hands that made her a nine-time Grand Slam doubles champion before a sparse crowd that gave her a warm ovation when she was introduced.
Hingis didn’t touch the ball until the fifth point of the match but flashed her doubles talent when she hit a backhand volley right at Jurak for a point in the second game.
“I felt like I got more comfortable (after the first set), returning, serving, everything,” she said. “For me, mentally, I felt really good after that. The (first) service game of the second set, after that game I was like, ‘I’m back to normal’.”
Hingis is scheduled to play doubles with Hantuchova in four tournaments, including the US Open.
The ‘Swiss Miss’ has retired twice previously, the first time in early 2003 at 22 and the last time in November 2007.
In singles, Ana Ivanovic advanced by beating defending champion Dominika Cibulkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat Italy’s Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-3 in the second round.
Third-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and fourth-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy had few problems in winning their opening matches after receiving first-round byes.
Kvitova advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over British teenager Laura Robson. Vinci beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4.
Fifth-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia beat Kazakhstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva 6-4, 6-1 in the second round.
In Washington DC, Mardy Fish advanced to the third round of the Citi Open on Wednesday, beating 12th-seeded Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 7-5.
John Isner and Dmitry Tursunov also won.
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